^\s*[)]*\s*$

and

^\s*[(]*\s*$

matches the brackets `(` and `)` which commented as matched. That is, what am trying is to ignore brackets that are single and not (condition1) brackets.. i want to regex to match the brackets which are commented as not matched.. ie 1 or more brackets on the same line..

while ( #matches here ( #matches here (condition1) && (condition2) && condition3 ) || (#matches here (condition4) || condition5 && (condition6) ) #matches here ) #matches here

but if I have like this it does not match:

while (( #does not match here (condition1) && (condition2) && condition3 ) || ( (condition4) || condition5 && (condition6) ) ) #does not match here

or

while ((( #does not match here (condition1) && (condition2) && condition3 )) || (( #does not match here (condition4) || condition5 && (condition6) ) ) ) #does not match here

How can I match all the brackets that are single?


In reply to doubt on regex by loki

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